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Epilepsy in children with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis [PDF]
Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2013 Introduction. Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a rare, progressive, fatal neurodegenerative disease of childhood and early adolescence caused by defective measles virus. The initial symptoms of SSPE usually involve regression in cognitive
Jović Nebojša J.
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Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
Reviews in Medical Virology, 2019 SummarySubacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a slowly progressive brain disorder caused by mutant measles virus. SSPE affects younger age groups. SSPE incidence is proportional to that of measles. High‐income countries have seen substantial decline in SSPE incidence following universal vaccination against measles.
Ravindra Kumar Garg +5 more
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Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis, a Measles Complication, in an Internationally Adopted Child
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2000 A healthy 13-year-old boy who had spent the first 4.5 years of his life in an orphanage in Thailand before adoption by an American couple became ill with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis and died several months later.
Daniel J. Bonthius +2 more
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Advances in Antiviral Therapy for Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis
Molecules, 2021 Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a late-onset, intractable, and fatal viral disease caused by persistent infection of the central nervous system by a mutant strain of the measles virus.
Koichi Hashimoto, Mitsuaki Hosoya
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Epidemiology of progressive intellectual and neurological deterioration in UK children
Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, Volume 68, Issue 3, Page 418-428, March 2026.This study of PIND in UK children was carried out via the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit from 1997 to 2024. It identified six cases of vCJD. 2367 children had other diagnoses explain their deterioration. There were 259 other diseases in the diagnosed group.
Christopher M. Verity +3 more
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Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis Presenting with Hemidystonia
Haseki Tıp Bülteni, 2014 In this paper, we present a case of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) in an 11-year-old boy who presented with hemidystonia. Electroencephalogram (EEG) revealed periodic epileptiform discharges which did not disappear with diazepam induction ...
Hepsen Mine Serin +2 more
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Hemagglutinin-specific neutralization of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis viruses. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a progressive, lethal complication of measles caused by particular mutants of measles virus (MeV) that persist in the brain despite high levels of neutralizing antibodies.
Miguel Ángel Muñoz-Alía +2 more
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Correlative clinical, neuroradiological and pathological findings in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. A report of 5 cases [PDF]
, 1982 The original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.zaChanges in the brain in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) as detected on computed axial tomography (CT) have so far been insufficiently assessed.
Schoeman J.F. +2 more
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Within host RNA virus persistence : mechanisms and consequences [PDF]
, 2017 RER is funded by the Wellcome Trust, UK (Grant 101788/Z/13/Z) and DEG by US National Institutes of Health (R01 NS038932).In a prototypical response to an acute viral infection it would be expected that the adaptive immune response would eliminate all ...
Griffin, Diane E., Randall, Richard E.
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Clinical Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 10, October 2025.ABSTRACT Cerebral folate deficiency (CFD) is characterized by reduced levels of folate, particularly 5‐methyltetrahydrofolate (5‐MTHF), in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). This case report describes a 10‐year‐old girl diagnosed with CFD due to a pathogenic mutation in the FOLR1 gene, which impairs folate transport across the blood–brain barrier.
Farzad Ahmadabadi +4 more
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